NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD vs NVIDIA GeForce3
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
- Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 230 MHz
Launch date | 31 May 2005 vs 27 February 2001 |
Core clock speed | 250 MHz vs 200 MHz |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz vs 230 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3
- Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5 vs 2
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 119
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5 vs 2 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 120 vs 119 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD | NVIDIA GeForce3 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 2 | 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 119 | 120 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD | NVIDIA GeForce3 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Celsius | Kelvin |
Code name | NV18 C1 | NV20 A5 |
Launch date | 31 May 2005 | 27 February 2001 |
Place in performance rating | 1281 | 1282 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 200 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1 GTexel / s | 1.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 Watt | |
Transistor count | 29 million | 57 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 | 1x VGA, 1x DB13W3 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Length | 168 mm | 165 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 8.0 | 8.0 |
OpenGL | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB / s | 3.68 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 230 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | SDR |